ENGLSIH ABSTRACT: This article builds on the exploration of the negotiation of identity via language in post-apartheid
South Africa. Specifi cally, it looks at the ways in which the various varieties of the Afrikaans
language underpin the individual and collective identities of those Afrikaans-speaking people
classifi ed as “Coloured” and marginalised by poverty, location and race. Alexander (1994:24) points out that Afrikaans in the past often had been misused for political reasons in the search
for identity. From a socio-cultural perspective and by means of a literature review this article
will refl ect on the origin and development of Afrikaans, amongst others: Cape Afrikaans and the
related dialect of Muslim Afrikaans, Namakwalands and Griqua Afrikaans as examples of Orange
River Afrikaans, as well as Karoo Afrikaans and Tsotsitaal as examples of Eastern Border
Afrikaans. Interviews were conducted with representative speakers of the various varieties of
Afrikaans, whilst the lyrics of Afrikaans songs prominent in some Afrikaans-speaking areas were
also studied. The data gained from the literature review, supported by the evidence collected from
the interviews and the songs, showed that the various varieties of Afrikaans are a sound indicator
of identity in those Afrikaans-speaking communities under review.

This study is concerned with a task-based analysis of specific purposes Sesotho learning tasks for the learning and teaching of Sesotho as a second language by personnel of the small business development corporation. A ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The topic of study is ‘go’ and ‘come’ verbs in Northern Sotho, which can be classified as verbs of state or motion. This study examines the semantics as well as the syntactic analysis of these verbs of ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dictionaries available in the Gabonese languages are all translation dictionaries biased towards
French and compiled by missionaries and colonial administrators. No proper monolingual dictionaries
exist ...